hephestus

__Hephaestus god of fire, forgery and ____ craft __


 * **//__Symbols __//** || Fire, axe, hammer, donkey crane ||
 * **//__Parents __//** || Zeus and Hera ||
 * **//__Siblings __//** || Athena, Ares, Hermes, Apollo, Artemis ||
 * **//__Roman name __//** || Vulcan ||

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__ Importance __ __ I believe Hephaestus was important in Greek mythology because he represented fire, craft and forgery to the Greeks lives __

__ Facts __ __ Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly. He is also lame. He walks with an artificial supports skilfully made of gold. Accounts as to how he became lame vary. Some say that Hera, upset by having an ugly child, flung him from Mount Olympus into the sea, breaking his legs. Others that he took Hera's side in an arguement with Zeus and Zeus flung him off Mount Olympus. He is the god of fire and the forge. He is the smith and armorer of the gods. He uses a volcano as his forge. He is the patron god of both smiths and weavers. He is kind and peace loving. His wife is Aphrodite. Hephaestus split the head of Zeus, and thus assisted him in giving birth to Athena, for Hephaestus is there represented as older than Athena. His servants are the Cyclops, the Brontes, Steropes and Pyracmon. __